By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti
Conveying the ‘dead’ (read assault rifles) in a casket, the ambulance made its way into the serene and empty streets of Ijero-Ekiti on a Monday evening.
Destination was the Divisional Police Headquarters in the heart of the agrarian community.
On reaching the gates of the police station, the ‘undertakers’ (read gunmen) disembarked with a ferocious mien, turning their assault rifles on the structure and firing on police officers inside who were caught unawares.
Two policemen were immediately hit, soaked in their own blood and lay dead.
The rest of the officers ran for dear lives.
After the attack on the police station, the gunmen jumped into the ambulance and headed to one of the old generation banks nearby.
More guns and explosives appeared from the casket in the ambulance and, in quick succession, the men began firing into the bank…
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